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بِناء
building /biˈnaːʔ/
nounA2#790 most common
Also: construction, structure, edifice
Example sentences
هٰذا بِناءٌ كَبيرٌ.
This is a big building.
البِناءُ قَديمٌ جِدّاً.
The building is very old.
اِستَغرَقَ بِناءُ المَدرَسةِ سَنَتَينِ.
The construction of the school took two years.
يَحتاجُ هٰذا البِناءُ القَديمُ إلى تَرميمٍ عاجِلٍ.
This old building needs urgent restoration.
إنَّ بِناءَ دَولةٍ حَديثةٍ يَتَطَلَّبُ مُؤَسَّساتٍ قَوِيّةً.
Building a modern state requires strong institutions.
بِناءً عَلى ما تَقَدَّمَ، قَرَّرَتِ المَحكَمةُ رَفضَ الدَّعوى.
Based on the foregoing, the court decided to dismiss the case.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بِناءٌ | أَبْنِيةٌ |
| Genitive | بِناءٍ | أَبْنِيةٍ |
| Accusative | بِناءً | أَبْنِيةً |
| Vocative | يا بِناءُ | يا أَبْنِيةُ |
Word family
Etymology
بِناء is the verbal noun of بَنَى, 'to build.' It rests on the common Semitic root b-n-y, which carries the same sense across the family. From the act of building, the word came to name the thing built, a building or structure. Later it extended to abstract structures such as a sentence or a state.
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